EP 3241512 A1 20171108 - SURGICAL ENERGY SYSTEM WITH UNIVERSAL CONNECTION FEATURES
Title (en)
SURGICAL ENERGY SYSTEM WITH UNIVERSAL CONNECTION FEATURES
Title (de)
CHIRURGISCHES ENERGIESYSTEM MIT UNIVERSELLEN VERBINDUNGSMERKMALEN
Title (fr)
SYSTÈME D'ÉNERGIE CHIRURGICAL AYANT DES ÉLÉMENTS DE CONNEXION UNIVERSELS
Publication
Application
Priority
US 201615143703 A 20160502
Abstract (en)
A surgical energy system includes a first and second surgical instruments and a generator including a universal interface. The first surgical instrument includes a first instrument connector having one or more instrument couplers disposed in a first instrument coupler configuration. The second surgical instrument includes a second instrument connector having one or more instrument couplers disposed in a second instrument coupler configuration. The first and second instrument coupler configurations are different. The generator includes a universal interface including generator couplers arranged to provide generator coupler configurations at the universal interface. Each generator coupler configuration accommodates one of the first and second instrument coupler configurations in order to electronically couple the generator to a respective one of the first and second surgical instruments.
IPC 8 full level
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A61B 18/1206 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01 - US); A61B 34/35 (2016.02 - US); A61N 7/00 (2013.01 - US); A61B 18/14 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 18/20 (2013.01 - US); A61B 90/90 (2016.02 - EP US); A61B 2017/00486 (2013.01 - US); A61B 2018/00178 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/1253 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/1273 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2018/1823 (2013.01 - US)
Citation (applicant)
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Citation (search report)
- [XY] US 2012202388 A1 20120809 - SELIG PETER [DE], et al
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Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 3241512 A1 20171108; US 10772673 B2 20200915; US 2017312004 A1 20171102
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 17168926 A 20170502; US 201615143703 A 20160502